Improvement in ferrules



` N UNITED STATES PATENT UEEICE.

DANIEL MOORE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO EUGENE BISSELL, OF NEWYORK CITY.

IMPROVEMENT IN FERRULES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 120,763, dated November7, 1871; antedated October 28, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL MOORE, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inFerrules for Pitchforks, 85e.; and the following is declared to be acorrect description of the same.

Ferrules for hay and manure forks have here tofore been strengthened byplacing open rings over the ends, and they have also been cast entire,with the straps and openings at the ends to receive the tang of thefork. These ferrules are necessarily heavy and cumbersome, as the strapscould not be cast of the necessary length and sufficiently light.

My invention consists in a cap made of metal, which is placed over theend of the sheet-metal ferrule, and containing,` a hole to allow thetang of the fork to be entered, and this cap is driven tightly upon theferrule. By this construction the wood of the handle is protected, thetine is sustained by the cap, and that in turn is sup i ported by thesheet-metal ferrule; hence the tine cannot work loose in the handleeither from concussionor strain or from the shrinkage of the wood.

In the drawing, Figure l "is a longitudinal section of my improvement,and Fig. 2 is a plan of the same.

a is the handle, provided with the ferrule b and straps c and d, asusual, these being of sheet metal of the desired lightness and strength.d! is the cap, made hollow, with a nearly-cylindrical recess in one end,to be placed over the end of the'ferrule b, and provided with a holeinto which the tang f of the fork is inserted 5 and a pin, g, passingthrough the handle a, secures the tang firmly to its place, and the capcannot slip back upon the tang because the parts are firmly driventogether, and the enlargement of the tang or the fork sets against theend of the cap; or the cap may be brazed to the ferrule when the latteris being manufactured.

It will be seen that this cap gives sufcient strength at the point whereit is needed without increasing the weight of the other parts; andshrinkage of the handle, concussion, or strain will not cause the forkto become loose, as is the case where the old style of ferrule is used 5and this cap can be applied to the usual ferrule and strap, as it doesnot require any special construction of that ferrule for receiving thecap, the parts only requiring to be of the proper size; and the hole inthe ferrule is'to be either square or elongated, to suit the tang.

, The ferrule b and cap d are shown separately in Figs. 3 and 4.

I claim as my invention-- The cap d formed with a hole to receive thetang f, and with a cylindrical recess into which the ferrule is passed,as and for the purposes set forth.

Signed by lne this 18th day of April, A. D.

l DANL. MOORE. Vitnesses:

GEO. D. WALKER, GEO. T. PINCKNEY. (77)

